Comparison of a self-administered tampon ThinPrep test with conventional pap smears for cervical cytology

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-219

  Budge, Mardi ^a,d   Halford, Jenny ^b   Haran, Mano ^c   Mein, Jacki ^a   Wright, Gordon ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QML Pathology   (Australia)

^c Logan Hospital   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Cytology; Pap smear; Tampon; ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAMPON; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 20544463881     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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